Agenda

6.10pm: Introduction from Jim Boulton, curator, Digital Archaeology, who will be sharing an exclusive teaser of his documentary featuring an interview with Leonard Kleinrock (who pioneered the mathematical theory of packet networks, the technology underpinning the internet).

6.20pm: Keynote from Alan Kay, the visionary who gave us the Xerox Alto (a pioneer of mobile computing) and the inspiration for Tron.

6.50pm: Peter Kirstein, UCL professor and “the father of the UK internet” who put the first computer on the internet outside of the US and gave Queen Elizabeth II her first email address.

7.10pm: Eva Pascoe, founder of Cyberia (the world‘s first internet cafe chain), the first ecommerce director for Arcadia Group and co-founder of the digital think tank Cybersalon.

7.30pm: From 5G to the Internet of Everything, what’s next for the internet? Saj Huq, programme director, LORCA

7.50pm: Wrapup of the big ideas.

8pm: Networking drinks in Plexal Park and a screening of the full documentary in Centre Stage.